My DH bought these for our two boys the day after thanksgiving also. They are junk...we returned them last night because both of them were having problems...One would only recognize 2 out of the 5 DVD's brought for the road trip to grandma's ( yes they were new/original dvd's we do not own any copied ones) and the other would stop and then restart on a whim several times throughout the movie. I am writing to Wal-Mart...how can they sell such junk...thank goodness they were not from Santa...what would you do them...what do you say to a child then? "Well, let me just call Santa and see if he will have an elf make you a new one?" I will let you know what I find out.
Brenda